Steve Krakauer
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Opinion: The Joy Reid Saga Tells Us What's Acceptable in the Media
This piece originally appeared in the Fourth Watch newsletter. “Enter the Republican conspiracy senator from Wisconsin, by way of Moscow, Ron Johnson,” said Joy Reid on her 7 p.m. MSNBC show last week. By way of Moscow? I guess Johnson is a puppet of Putin, or something? This wouldn’t be much of a story if […] → Read More
How it Started, How it Ended: Looking Back at the Beginning of Trump and the Media
This piece originally appeared in the Fourth Watch newsletter. There's a popular meme on social media "how it started/how it's going." It's usually not going → Read More
Jacob Blake, ‘Unarmed,’ and How a False Media Talking Point Becomes the Historical Record
This piece originally appeared in the Fourth Watch newsletter. If I say "Hands up, don't shoot," what do you think of? Most likely it's Michael Brown, and → Read More
The Media Continues Anti-Science, Fear-Based Coverage of Hydroxychloroquine
Subscribe here for free to the Fourth Watch newsletter, where this piece originally appeared. In 2018, Dr. Harvey Risch was awarded $50,000 for Excellence in → Read More
Media: Let's Not Make Mental Issues a Centerpiece of Election Coverage
This piece originally appeared in the Fourth Watch newsletter. Subscribe here. It was a moment from President Donald Trump -- on Fox News last night in an → Read More
Jeffrey Epstein's downfall and the crumbling of America's elites
Society is tearing down the broken and rotten institutions and pushing bad actors previously shielded by their ivory towers into the spotlight. → Read More
Giant Cable Companies Merging Is Bad for You; Only Savior Is an Uber for the Internet
How much do you like your cable and Internet service provider? The answer is likely to fall on the spectrum from “strongly dislike” to “it is the literal spawn of the devil.” → Read More
‘For the Record’ live blog: ‘Insider Attack’
While you watch tonight's season finale episode of "For the Record" about the deadliest insider attack of the Afghanistan War, join the conversation here with TheBlaze TV producers and reporters. The show starts at 8 p.m. ET: → Read More
‘For the Record’ live blog: ‘Socialized Science: The Animal Testing Debate’
While you watch tonight's episode of For the Record, "Socialized Science: The Animal Testing Debate," about some surprising facts behind animal testing, join the conversation here with producers and reporters at TheBlaze. We’ll have behind-the-scenes pictures and details, related links, polls and much more. The live blog begins... → Read More
‘Grover Norquist: The Glenn Beck Interview’ live chat and fact check
While you watch tonight's Glenn Beck interview with Grover Norquist here, join the live chat, and the fact check of what Norquist says, below. It starts at 5 p.m. ET: (function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//embed.scribblelive.com/widgets/embed.js";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document,… → Read More
‘For The Record’ live blog: ‘Raw Deal’
While you watch tonight's episode of For the Record, "Raw Deal," about government regulation on food, join the conversation here with producers and reporters at TheBlaze. We’ll have behind-the-scenes pictures and details, related links, polls and much more. The live blog begins at 8 p.m. ET: ... → Read More
‘For the Record’ live blog: ‘Without Warning: America’s Cyberwar’
While you watch tonight's episode of For the Record, "Without Warning," all about cyberwar involving the U.S., join the conversation here with producers and reporters at TheBlaze. We’ll have behind-the-scenes pictures and details, related links, polls and much more. The live blog begins at 8 p.m. ET: ... → Read More
What next season of ‘The Bachelorette’ has to do with the United Nation’s National Women’s Day
You may think ABC's hit reality TV shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" have nothing to do with the United Nation's National Women's Day, but then you must have missed the most controversial moment in TV history this week, when it was revealed there would be not one but... → Read More
‘For the Record’ live blog: ‘Unveiled’
While you watch tonight's episode of For the Record, "Unveiled," all about the dangers of radical Islam, join the conversation here with producers and reporters at TheBlaze. We’ll have behind-the-scenes pictures and details, related links, polls and much more. The live blog begins at 8 p.m. ET: ... → Read More
‘For The Record’ live blog: ‘Cashcare’
While you watch tonight’s For the Record episode, “Cashcare: Exposing the Middleman,” join the conversation here with producers and reporters at TheBlaze. We’ll have behind-the-scenes pictures and details, related links, polls and much more. The live blog begins at 8 p.m. ET. → Read More
Family members ruining your relationship on ‘The Bachelor’
Is it a dealbreaker if your sister, who you're very close with, won't give approval for your potential spouse to marry you? How about if your mom reveals you've never held hands with a past partner? Or if your brother reveals you're a "wild mustang"? On the "Married... → Read More
‘The Root: Rise of Big Brother’ Live Chat: #SpyWeek
While you watch "The Root: Rise of Big Brother" on TheBlaze TV, join the conversation about the surveillance state and #SpyWeek, happening all week on TheBlaze: (function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//embed.scribblelive.com/widgets/embed.js";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document, 'script',… → Read More
When the Press and the Government Work Together, it Looks Like Vox’s ‘Interview’ with Obama
The press is known as the fourth estate - existing to hold the collective feet of the other three estates, or three branches of government, to the fire. There should be a healthy friction between press and government. There should be skepticism. On the other end of the spectrum, here is... → Read More
How many kids would be considered a lot for one family to have in 2015?
The total fertility rate worldwide is an average of 2.45 kids per woman. Just in the U.S., the size of the average American family is 3.12 people. In 1960 that number was 3.67. So - what would be considered a lot of kids for a family in 2015? Maybe... → Read More
The Art of Explaining: ‘Prince Farming’ misses an opportunity on ‘The Bachelor’ and how to answer the ‘where you’ll be in five years’ question
The new "Bachelor" is known as "Prince Farming" - Chris Soules is from Iowa, a farmer, and has generally been seen as a very polite, respectable man. But could the tide be turning this week, with a few stumbles when it came to explaining himself and his choices? ... → Read More